EDUCATION SYSTEM.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1923, Page 4

EDUCATION SYSTEM.

; DUTIES OF HEADMASTERS. [ AY,ELLINGTON. October 3. Discussing the duties of headmasters at the Senior Inspectors' Conference to-day, certain weaknesses in school organisations wore mentioned. In the ( tiist place eoniplaint was made that ] infant cliildron stay too long in the ( printer classes. h was suggested h primer classes. It was suggested that ( this was genet ally due to the head- , master's desire to show results, par- • lieuTur'v in Die ellieietiev examinations. . mueli as three years is frequently j -pent by children in these infant ( cla-M—, »Itereas where teachers shov. ( a spirit of enterprise it is no uneom- ( moil ihir.g to find children passing ( through the infant classes into the lir.st , standard in eighteen months. | The Minister of Education (lion. C. .1. Pair) :-dd that complaint had been made i" him that -ome head teacher-! neglected their duly of training pupil i ( teachers in their school-. In on,, di-- ( triet he staled that 31 per ( "lit. of | ( the pupil te.iehers who were prepared I by the headmaster-' lor the examine- | lions bad failed to quality fm ibe j Training College. The opinion of the coiilerencc. was unanimous that headinn-ters should take a share of the actual class touch- ; ing. and that mure speedy proiimtit.u should he made of infants, otl’.erwi-e they were I ! or lo before they passed ( tip. Sixtli Standard. The opinion wav expressed that ihe Department would do well in frame a regulation indicat- :

ing clearly the duties of lieadnutstei s in regard lo these matters, the New Sotitli Wales regulation living ijmiled. in which it is stated that it i- necessary that headmasters should take a share of the actual class teaching, that in. matter how large the school, he ,-hoilld devote at least ten lesson periods per ttoek to leaching the senior class, prelei ably English. eivi"-, and history: I Itl llieue should, he a definite time for receiving visitors at the school, so as nut to inierl'ere. with tlie-e duties. Ihe Mini-ter. in summing up the discussion, said that it had been a most useful one. Re Imre ie-liuioue lo I lie <on sclent mils woik dune by a large majority of the headmasters with whom be had come into ouiiiact, but agieeil t hilt certain lieadmaslel s. neeopying hi some cases high posit inn- I did not give .-.udieie.'lt time to the in- ; struetion of their pupil tea'liers. ami ! did not take a suHieieiit share in iho

actual teaching in the schools. il was decided (liar a regukii should he I rallied dealing with ill l |! ‘' Minister said that the evil o! ice lengthy attendance in the inf; classes was almost n universal one the Dominion. A remedy iim.-i loimd without delay, as it was a gri injiisl ice to the ehildieti com el Ui.si 'I EACIIFRsi’ GRADING LIST. ARC KbANI). October 3. " I here's a lot of dissai isl'acti throughout New Zealand about l

Reading of teachers." remarked Mr 11. < . Ranks to-day in response to the Oakland Education Roard on ihe ivtonlereme ol chairmen and seerelarie- of Edueiition Hoards. When O e -v I, I-1 (lid Roard had Us own gra.din::." -y.-lem. uiihctil ahout ten insjiecloi .. i: had the grading iusi ale ml as il should have been. Now. with ihe presell! system, there was grumbling irnm olio end ol New Zealand i>, the oilier l hid Ibe 1.(,.st nian on ihe graded li t wa- mu (he be-t man I'm

ih,. apjaiiu: men;. Ii -i etiicd lo him l at many ei I i:• • i u-[ e tor- v.ei e m i d"iug i heir v re: p, «nei !■ , apj p.-n; iy v eiv doing in ihi M !-, I:X( II \NGE 11|. TI-: \< Ilf Rs \l CKIANI). 1! lobe: lli re-l oti-e 1,1 l lie i lip .in m- ip '- re. quest i hat i lie E bleat ion Re; i d ( ~m-mole mole should eon-idr r iln ,j ion ~, inviting EnMi-!i tern hers to ,;i eepi -itusolve : l o ;:dvi-e ihe ! n-pni I n ent 11 a : it is j eepa : i , guarantee j o it ionlor l hirty n; fort;.. The I nspe"!er re-

eonntry -elmol- only.' The Roatd d, eld" | i, urge Die iii .i'-.ii v of iuioriniii: Em: li-!t f 'aeli.'l's i,| t in- condi! an i; Nev Zealand eiumtiy -cliu"l-. -o tlieri migb; h" ii, misnm!'-iandi ug in re gat'd t" the charmter of the );■ ifii ,ll "U'civd and tile limitat ion of -eo| e.